How do others here get to do their work and good workouts at the same time? I usually train about 4000 yards a day but at the moment I have too much work where I need to concentrate. I often work until early in the morning. I work in animation so my work is always sitting down at my animation desk and computer.
I have to admit that I have a lot of work and if I'd do my swimming now I would get too tired at some point, so I took a break from swimming(and gained 10 lbs during this time:( )
I know I'll lose the weight as soon as I hit the pool again but also I will get less work done because I'll be drained.
How do others do it?
My son works in animation too, and his schedule has always been crazy. Luckily he is now a contractor for Uncle Sam & has more regular hours, but his trick was to do some sort of exercise three times a day - some drylands before work, up & down the stairs at lunch, and then a solid workout after work, in the evenings. But he is single. And not a swimmer.
I'm a medical sort & have very long hours once I show up - so I don't usually get a lunch & when I'm off, the pools are closed. So, I workout at 5 or 5:30 in the morning. When I was doing odd shifts, sometimes I would workout at lunch or in the evening, but always first thing after waking, so I couldn't put it off. I am way too old & tired to be doing workout once I get home in the evenings (or mornings, depending on the day). You need to find a pool and hopefully a workout group that has workouts at lots of different times of the day & then plan your life around your swimming. Make the swimming a priority, and you'll always find time to do it.
My son works in animation too, and his schedule has always been crazy. Luckily he is now a contractor for Uncle Sam & has more regular hours, but his trick was to do some sort of exercise three times a day - some drylands before work, up & down the stairs at lunch, and then a solid workout after work, in the evenings. But he is single. And not a swimmer.
I'm a medical sort & have very long hours once I show up - so I don't usually get a lunch & when I'm off, the pools are closed. So, I workout at 5 or 5:30 in the morning. When I was doing odd shifts, sometimes I would workout at lunch or in the evening, but always first thing after waking, so I couldn't put it off. I am way too old & tired to be doing workout once I get home in the evenings (or mornings, depending on the day). You need to find a pool and hopefully a workout group that has workouts at lots of different times of the day & then plan your life around your swimming. Make the swimming a priority, and you'll always find time to do it.
